Endangered Movement Atlas: 100 Actions on the Brink of Disappearing

★ Reported by major media outlets such as Asahi Shimbun, with continuous feedback from a wide range of netizens!
★ A truly unique "Illustrated Guide to Endangered Species" that will bring tears to your eyes as you reflect on the times

Reading newspapers, listening to the radio, stamping, walking while looking at a map
Turning off the alarm, playing a CD, making the bed, writing with a pen...
When was the last time you did these things?

This is a book that compiles "actions" that are about to become "extinct,"
and an illustrated guide that collects people's "collective memories."

The internet and smartphones are developing at a rapid pace. Many things that we took for granted not long ago are gradually disappearing from our sight. If they are "objects," they might be preserved in museums; but where can we preserve the "actions" that accompanied these objects?

Intangible memories are also a kind of memory
Look at daily life with a richer, more enjoyable perspective

This book, titled "Illustrated Guide to Endangered Actions," compiles and explains these actions in an illustrated guide format. It includes 100 actions that are already endangered or have disappeared, as well as those that are about to disappear. In this era of retro trends, it awakens our reflection on collective memory.

☆☆☆☆☆ Endangered Level 0
Actions that are currently common but could disappear at any time in the future
Folding clothes, shopping, vacuuming, driving, locking doors with a key, pressing buttons...

★ Endangered Level 1
Actions that have become less frequent in recent years
Exchanging business cards, stamping, choosing books from a shelf, scanning barcodes, untangling headphone cables...

★★ Endangered Level 2
Actions that, come to think of it, you don't really do anymore
Changing light bulbs, writing with a pen, sweeping with a broom, checking a watch, measuring with a tape measure...

★★★ Endangered Level 3
Actions that used to be done but are no longer, and are rarely seen in daily life
Searching for phone signal, advancing camera film, changing CDs, reading newspapers, walking while looking at a map...

★★★★ Endangered Level 4
Actions you remember doing many times as a child
Pinworm examination, hitting the TV, playing shuttlecock, dialing a phone, sharpening a pencil...

★★★★★ Endangered Level 5
Actions no longer done or seen in daily life
Playing paper dolls, washing clothes on a washboard, clipping tickets, shaking a thermometer, doing frog jumps...

【Recommended ways to use this book】
(1) Think: When was the last time you did this action?
(2) Guess: Ask your friends, family, or children to guess what this action is.
(3) Ask: Ask your parents, boss, or elders about actions you don't know.
As long as this book can be a starting point, feel free to enjoy it in your own way.